Technological change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945

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Autor principal: McBride, William M.
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000.
Col·lecció:Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
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Taula de continguts:
  • The postbellum naval profession : from discord to amalgamation
  • Competing for control : line officers, engineers, and the technological exemplar of the battleship paradigm
  • Refining the technological ideal : the Simsian uproar, engineer bashing, and the all-big-gun battleship
  • Technological trajectory : geostrategic design criteria, turboelectric propulsion, and naval-industrial relations
  • Anomalous technologies of the great war : airplanes, submarines, and the professional status quo
  • Controlling aviation after the World War : the 1924 special board and the technological ceiling for aviation
  • Disarmament, depression, and politics : technological momentum and the unstable dynamics of the HooverRoosevelt years
  • War and a shifting technological paradigm : fast task forces and "three-plane" warfare
  • Castles of steel : technological change and the modern navy.